Holes

Accused and convicted of a crime he did not commit, Stanley goes to a juvenile detention camp on a dried up, barren lakebed. Every day each boy must dig a five-foot hole in the dry lake bed to "build character"; but it soon becomes clear that the warden is looking for something. The warden's secret, the history of the lake, and Stanley's own family history all fit together like pieces of a puzzle as choices made in the past continue to have an effect on the present. Soon Stanley's very life depends onhis own choices and events that happened over 100 years ago.